“But the chemical process trapped chlorine is such that thinning of the pipe which has already occurred and damage to the catalyst will still swim,” said Lyashenko.

More information will be obtained during the overhaul of the refinery, which is expected by August. “We have seen that a similar situation was in Russia in 2000-ies. Plant, usually up to a year experiencing the consequences of the failure of the equipment from the chlorine”, added Liashenko.

Earlier, Alexander Lukashenko said that getting contaminated oil in the Druzhba pipeline is Belarus hundreds of millions of dollars.

As reported, Ukraine estimates the losses due to incident of oil at a million dollars. Transit to Europe was recovered on may 11.

According to media reports, the damage due to an emergency may exceed $ 400 million.

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